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End Of Summer Blues

August 29, 2017 by not your average mom 1 Comment

The kids start school tomorrow. We will have a first, second, third, sixth and seventh grader. The girls are all very excited for the first day. The boys? Not so much. Especially Number 6 who has been crying every night for the last three nights when it’s time to go to bed. He has a […]

Filed Under: Lessons I've Learned, Life at My House, Parenting, Your Daily Dose Tagged With: crying, first day of school, growing up, heartbroken, merch by amazon, Number 6, reality, routine, summer, unicorn

It’s Time To Mourn

December 2, 2016 by not your average mom 5 Comments

Sometimes you need a few whacks in the head before something really starts to sink in. You know how  Facebook’s “on this day” reminds you of all the  things you commented on and shared every year before on that date? Two years ago exactly, I wrote a post about how I was struggling — “…My head is […]

Filed Under: Your Daily Dose Tagged With: birthday, brother, crying, death, depression, leukemia, mourn

The Most Important Thing I’ve Learned As A Mom

November 16, 2015 by not your average mom 4 Comments

I was recently asked to answer the following question: “What’s the most important thing you’ve learned as a mom?” I’ve been thinking about this question a lot. Is there one most important thing I’ve learned? That’s a tough one. The most important thing? Only one? There are so many things! But I guess if I […]

Filed Under: Parenting Tagged With: crying, fulfillment, motherhood, Sharpie, whining

Less squandering. More participating.

October 28, 2014 by not your average mom 6 Comments

I had one of those mornings. The kind where you get up too late, and then you are scrambling and you just can’t catch up. Where you are trying to fill out the permission slip you should taken care of the night before and then making the lunch for the kindergartener you should have made the […]

Filed Under: Lessons I've Learned, Life at My House, Parenting, Your Daily Dose Tagged With: crying, facebook, leaves, memories, painting, quality time, spending time with your kids, whining

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